A dual set of conflicting interests can be found in both the euromediterranean and inter arab dimensions, with italy and turkey struggling against france and great britain on one side, and qatar being opposed by. Libya following the arab spring remains a work in progress. Analysis and background of the arab spring in libya article pdf available in european researcher 3912. Antigovernment demonstrations then erupted in other towns before eventually. Arab spring affected countries suffered even more due to the 2008 economic crisis.
Arab spring, libyan winter is less about predicting the future and more about showing us how the atlantic powers insinuated themselves into the arab spring, to attempt to create a libyan winter to the advantage of their national interests, the interest of the multinational oil firms and the neoliberal reformers within libya. Uprising in benghazi leads to a fullblown revolution. Later, similar rebellions followed in libya, bahrain, syria and yemen. The economic consequences of the arab spring by mohsin khan atlantic council rafik hariri center for the middle east the popular uprisings that swept the middle east in early 2011 dramatically altered the political landscape of the region with the overthrow of autocratic regimes in egypt, libya, tunisia, and yemen.
Thi s researc h articl e attempts to scrutinize the nature and cause s of the ara b uprising s which too k people by surpris e globall y throughou t 2011 and int o 2012. The arab spring which first broke out in tunisia and disseminated to many countries in the arab world has become one of the most actual topics of the international political agenda in the recent years. The islamist, regionalist, and amazigh challenges, journal of north african studies, 18 4. The common slogan of the protesters throughout arab spring was the people want to bring down the regime aissa, 2012. Prashad arab spring libyan winter collective liberation. Causes of the arab spring causes of the arab spring may be described as following. The arab springs spirit still burns in libya telegraph. Libya and the arab spring on 15 february 2011, demonstrations in the city of benghazi took place against longtime leader colonel muammar gaddafi before quickly developing into an armed uprising. Unfortunately, although socialism looks good at early stages of development, it quickly. Pdf analysis and background of the arab spring in libya. The arab spring s spirit still burns in libya the libyan elections were free and peaceful and did not lead to islamist victory the libya vote. Nahid afrose kabir 1 he arab spring was a civil uprising mainly of arab youths in tunisia and egypt which commenced in december 2010 and january 2011 respectively.
Gaddafi bans political parties and institutes a system of rule by the people 1996. The arab spring has fundamentally altered the middle east and north africa mena. If this experiment collapses then the rise of another gaddafistyle strongman or the permanent fragmentation of the country between its east and west are likely to be its longest lasting legacy. Libya, tunisia and the arab spring jason william boose international journal of social science and humanity, vol. Briefly after the revolution, libya experienced a period of calm before it was plunged yet again into another conflict. The first stand or the last post for the responsibility to protect. We also need to reclaim the extraordinary nature of the arab spring that has been sadly lost, to an extent, by the intervention in libya. A political solution appears to remain out of reach for libya seven years after muammar gaddafis toppling. Arab spring, wave of prodemocracy protests and uprisings that took place in the middle east and north africa beginning in 2010, challenging some of the regions entrenched authoritarian regimes. The regime of muammar alqaddafi, however, violently resisted the uprising, leading to civil war and international military intervention. As the people of libya recover and begin to rebuild, international medical corps remains ready.
Popular uprisings and the politics of repression library of modern middle east studies burns, sean on. Arab spring libya 360 libya after moammar gaddafi the washington post. Arab spring used their powers vehemently to crush the demonstrators and consequently the peaceful protesters also became violent. Interactive dynamics and the political future, contemporary arab affairs, 5 1, pp. The arab spring of discontent einternational relations.
How has military intervention in libya shaped the arab spring. Libya the death of dictator first protests in libya started on january 2011 but mass uprisings began in the city of benghazi on 15 february 2011. The roots and causes of the 2011 arab uprisings kamal eldin osman salih abstract. The armed forces played a decisive role in many of the arab. Libya revolt of 2011, popular uprising in libya inspired by the arab spring revolutions in egypt and tunisia. It began in response to oppressive regimes and a low standard of living, starting with protests in tunisia noueihed, 2011. Arab countries like egypt, libya, syria, iraq, and south yemen pursued arab socialist development philosophies.
The libyan revolution began as did most revolutions in the arab world, with protests against a cruel dictator. Gramsci and other marxists place civil society outside the power structures of. This time, the topic under discussion is the eus response to the libyan crisis. What we saw here in the us, where people in the economically hardest hit states, such as, wisconsin were going through the worst attacks on the rights of public employees and working people, is that what. The libyan conflict is the result of a complex and controversial series of developments, where local political events have been strongly influenced and driven by exogenous factors. In december 2010, the decision of a man called mohamed bouazizi to burn himself, led to the revolution in tunisia which triggered subsequent unrests and government overthrows in egypt, libya, tunisia and yemen.
Pack 20 libyan constitutionality and sovereignty postgaddafi. More than 1,000 prisoners many political are massacred at abu salim prison february 2011. Development of conflict in arab spring libya and syria. First things first the arab spring has come about despite of the west, not because of it. Libya s uprising began in february 2011 after security forces in the eastern city of benghazi opened fire on a protest.
This thesis explores several dimensions of domestic and international politics related to the arab spring. Analysis of the arab spring 3 blunders in state response, in particular using a heavyhanded approach and trying to crush opposition, had the reverse effect of galvanising more people to join the protests icg, 2011b and 2011d. Such state of affairs requires careful reading and reaction from the international. Syria seems to follow next as the revolution unfolded, protesters were beginning to express their ideas through graffiti. His death saw the rebel militias turn on each other in a mosaic of turf. Demonstrators expressing political and economic grievances faced violent crackdowns by. The arab spring was a series of prodemocracy uprisings that enveloped several largely muslim countries, including tunisia, morocco, syria, libya, egypt and bahrain. Nicole koenig abstract the eus reaction is slow, the eu is divided, the eu is unable to deliver. The regional revolution saw regime change in tunisia, egypt, and yemen, and civil wars in libya and, at the time of writing this, ongoing in syria.
For the 18th century civil war in libya, see tripolitanian civil war. Popular uprisings and the politics of repression library of modern middle east studies. For the current conflict, see libyan civil war 2014present. These movements collectively came to be dubbed the arab spring, the arab revolution or the arab awakening souza and lipietz 2011. In the flood of newspaper articles, media documentaries, online blogs, youtube postings, and scholarly articles that followed the rebellions and worldwide protests in 20112012, there is however a remarkable feature of the protests that has remained mostly unrecognized, untheorized, and certainly not analyzed comparatively. People burn pictures of libyan leader muammar gaddafi inside the main prison of gaddafis forces in benghazi february 28, 2011. The country is grappling with civil war, humanitarian crises and the threat from isil. Obamas cairo speech was initially met with some interest, and a hope that obama would be different. This paper focuses on the nature and development of these arab spring uprisings in libya and syria, centering on civil war concerns in the two nations. The libyan conflict and its controversial roots springerlink. The armed forces played a decisive role in many of the arab uprisings, particularly the early ones. Libya s arab spring was a bloody affair, ending with the killing of gaddafi, one of the worlds most ruthless dictators.
1048 284 1286 1128 807 532 230 949 1419 326 925 475 918 965 536 1081 1349 720 675 246 1506 1011 813 299 1249 981 1510 257 806 1063 754 1234 1004 101 808 473 602 1006 1246 690 1402